While I'm a grad student in North Carolina, I received a scholarship to attend the Russian and East European summer language institute at Pitt. I'll be there from June 1st to July 15th and am currently looking for sublets near campus.

I went to undergrad at Clarion and am originally from central PA, so my knowledge of the neighborhoods in PGH is a bit fuzzy now that I've moved south. Can anyone make suggestions as to where I should be looking to rent? Most of the places I've seen are in Squirrel Hill, but I'm looking for something within comfortable (20 minutes) walking distance.

Any help would be appreciated.

Last edited by legame on Mon Apr 22, 2013 3:00 am, edited 2 times in total.

I'll have a Pitt ID and I'm looking to spend between $400-600 per month. What makes it tough is that most people are subletting for May 1st-August 1st and obviously aren't open to me only renting for six weeks.

Thanks again for the help folks. I'm getting a better idea of where I need to focus on.

I'd also try calling up Pitt's housing department and asking them if ythey have any options for a visting scholar like yoy. They could have a dorm room you could stay in. It'll be the summer, so most of the dorms are going to be empty. Making a few bucks off of you for a month and a half is better than making nothing on an empty room.

Some of them are, sure, but nowhere near as many students are around as the rest of the year. I lived in Oakland year-round after starting at Pitt, and compared to how crowded it is during the regular school year it’s darn near a ghost town in the summer.

legame wrote:Found two different places on opposite ends of Ellsworth Avenue in Shadyside. Seems alright... thoughts?

If it's in that big apartment building right near neville and across from the church, that would be a really easy walk to and from class. You'd also be real close to south craig street with plenty of decent food options. I'd probably go with that, ellsworth is a long street, the other end is basically in east liberty, you'd be close to a lot of cool bars and hang out spots at that end....so I guess it would depend on what your looking for.

It's fine. You'll be close to Walnut Street, which is a little corridor of trendy shops and restaurants, and within fairly easy walking distance of two nice grocery stores (a Whole Foods and the fancy "Market District" version of Giant Eagle). A fair walk to campus but you can also walk down to Fifth and hop on pretty much any bus going by to make it easier.